Tetilla Peak in NM -- Campground & RV Camping in New Mexico
Tetilla Peak in NM
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Tetilla Peak Recreation Area sits on the eastern shore of Cochiti Lake at 5,343 feet elevation within the Pueblo de Cochiti Indian Reservation in New Mexico. Set in a high-desert landscape of juniper, piñon trees, and mixed grasslands below the Jemez Mountains, the campground features two loops: Cholla Loop with 36 electric sites, shelters, and a shower building, and Coyote Loop with 10 non-electric sites. Amenities include drinking water spigots, a dump station, boat ramp, courtesy dock, and a dedicated day-use area with shade structures, restrooms, and a fishing dock on the no-wake lake.
The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Sits on broad, near-level ground.
Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 45-site campground. The Cochiti Lake shoreline is 0.3 mi off. Most sites here have an electric hookup. Colorado Peak stands 1,756 ft above the site, 4.7 miles east. The nearest town, Santo Domingo Pueblo, is 9.6 mi off.
September normals 54–84°F, 1.4″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.